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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March it, 1905. 
FOREST AND STREAM DESIGNING COMPETI- 
TION NO. IV. 
We publish in another column the prize winners in the 
competition given by this journal for a 60ft. waterline 
cruising launch, together with the judge's criticisms of 
the designs submitted. The name of the winner of the 
cabin plan prize will be given next week. 
Mr. Henry J. Gielow went over the drawings with 
great care, and besides giving all the points and features 
due consideration, checked all weights and calculations. 
This was a great undertaking, and we congratulate the 
competitors upon having so conscientious, painstaking and 
thorough a judge pass upon their work. 
In criticising the designs, Mr. Gielow has adopted a 
rather different policy from the one pursued before. As 
he states in his report, he assumes that the good points 
in the designs speak for themselves, and in order to 
make the competition of especial benefit and value to 
the participants as well as others interested in the study 
,of the subject, he calls particular attention to such weak 
features as the designs may contain. 
In giving these designing competitions, our sole pur- 
pose has been to increase the interest in this absorbing 
study, and add in some way to the science of the subject. 
In this regard we believe we have been successful, and 
that in the future these competitions will continue to act 
as educators and add to the interest of the yachting 
department. 
The conditions governing the competition produced in 
almost every case the type of boat which we believe to be 
best adapted for cruising along our coast. This in itself 
was gratifying, and, coupled with the high grade of the 
designs, brought about a condition eminently satisfactory. 
Competitors in all our competitions have had the ad- 
vantage of a criticism by one of our most prominent 
naval architects, something which they would not have 
been able to secure in any other way, and in addition their 
work has been given a most desirable and beneficial pub- 
licity. Competitions are apt to be a source of ill feeling, 
but so far we have yet to hear of a disgruntled com- 
petitor. Men who take up so serious a work as yacht 
designing, are usually above petty disputes and controver- 
sies that too frequently arise in purely sporting contests. 
It is our idea to make friends by these competitions and 
add to our prestige as well as to afford valuable instruc- 
tion to all yachting men. If we cannot accomplish this, 
we shall feel that we have labored in vain. 
A number of men have written us regarding future 
competitions. Their letters have proved, without excep- 
tion, suggestive and helpful. We urge all those interested 
to let us have their views, for we wish to make our next 
competition, which is to be open to amateurs only^ the 
most popular and successful of them all. 
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Forest and Stream'* Designing 
Competition.— IV. 
Design for a 60ft. Waterliae Cruising Launch. 
judge's awards and criticisms. 
In considering the merits of the different designs sub- 
mitted, due consideration has been given to the condi- 
tions outlined in the Forest and Stream, and in award- 
ing the prizes it was assumed that each boat was built 
strictly in accordance with the plans and specifications, 
and the boats so built selected in accordance with their 
desirability, in accordance with the general conditions 
named, and as practical boats. 
It is assumed that the good points in the various de- 
signs speak for themselves, and need no especial com- 
mendation. The criticisms are for the purpose of pointing 
out the weak points of the designs, so they may be over- 
come and prove profitable and useful to the competitors. 
The first prize, $100.00, is awarded to Moccasin. 
Harold Lee, Mariners' Harbor, S. I. 
The second prize, $60.00, to Bilgewater. 
Albert W. Crouch, New York city. 
The third prize, $40.00, to Navahoe. 
A. C. Mair, Attleboro, Mass. ' - 
moccasin, first prize. 
The best planned boat of all submitted. The details 
substantially correct. Liberal displacement and construc- 
tion verging on heavy. Lines fair. 
bilgewater, second prize, 
A nice arrangement with few minor defects. The com- 
panionway slide will have to be widened so as to give 
headroom over the lower part of cdmpanion stairs. Upper 
berths in forecastle have rather limited head room. Dis' 
placement and scantling generally about right. A nice 
looking boat. Estimated speed is correct. 
NAVAHOEj THIRD PRIZE. . 
Liberal dtsplaeement and substantial scantling. The 
lines indicate fair form and good seagoing qualities. Ar- 
rangement of accommodations is good, except that floor 
space in stateroom is rather contracted ; the toilet rooms 
are too small, and the stairs from cockpit into engine room 
are too steep. Ventilation hoods should be provided over 
engine room for use when too stormy to keep companion- 
ways open. Corapanionway in forward end of engine 
room is objectionable. The maximum speed of this boat 
would be about 13 statute miles per hpur. 
WINDSOR. 
A unique design, but having limited accommodations. 
Displacement liberal, verging on heavy. Insufficient head 
room over stairs. Seats in main saloon and berth in 
owner's stateroom rather narrow. Insufficient light and 
ventilation in forecastle and engine room. 
LONG island. 
Too much displacement, too heavy construction, and 
unusual lines. Transoms in saloon and dining room too 
narrow ; passages tO' port aft and forward of owner's 
stateroom only i7in. in width; they should not be less 
than 24in; in fact, 26in. would be preferable. Stairs in 
cockpit leading to top of cabin extend too far aft. Not 
enough room above owner's bed for his feet. The boat 
will not, hold galley as laid out, and engines as shown on 
drawing go through the vessel's skin. Engine room and 
crew's quarters in one is not very attractive in warm 
weather. 
NO. 13. 
Scantling dimensions a trifle heavy, except frame spac- 
ing, which would be better with I2in. centers. Ample dis- 
placement. Lines not enough sheer, too flat aft, too hard 
bilges. General arrangement good, but details faulty. In- 
sufficient head room over companion stairs. Steps should 
not exceed Sin. in height, drawing shows I2in. Rudder 
is too small and improperly placed. 
BARNACLE. 
The cost of this boat would exceed the $9,000 limit by 
20 to 25 per cent. 
estmaumar. 
Too heavy construction and too much displacement. 
The use of 5,000 pounds of ballast is unjustifiable, as a 
boat of this type properly designed needs no ballast. 
Passage to owner's stateroom shows only i8in. in width, 
which is too narrow. Companionway hood over circular 
stairs is too narrow to afford proper headroom over the 
bottom step. Companionways with entrance in forward 
end or on side are objectionable, and ought to be 
avoided. The arrangement of galley and engine room js 
unsatisfactory and too contracted. The top _berths_ in 
forecastle are practically useless by reason of insufficient 
head room. The portion of propeller shaft strut extend- 
ing below shaft is useless. Rudder is too small. The 
maximum speed will not exceed 10^ miles. 
BARLEY. 
• If the interior arrangements were reversed, the owner's 
quarter's placed aft, etc., it would make a more satisfac- 
tory arrangement. Lines fair, general construction good, 
but just a trifle heavy. Too much power; 40 horsepower 
would be ample, as the lines are not suitable for a speed 
greater than this power would give. There should be a 
skylight over engine room, or the one over galley might 
be lengthened and moved back one frame space. Com- 
panionway entrance from side is objectionable. In order 
to drain leakage from gasolene tanks outboard, the bot- 
toms of these compartments should not be 6in. below 
the load waterline, but shonld be several inches above it; 
this will allow proper drainage and in rough weather will 
permit the sea water to flow in and keep it sweet and 
fresh, while with floor 6in. below, the space would simply 
fill with sea water with gasolene floating on top. 
Henry J. Gielow. 
The Cruise of Whitecap. 
BY L. S. TIEMANN. 
Aug. U to Sept. 7, 1903. 
It was a typical midsummer afternoon when at 3 o'clock 
on August 15 we started the engine and headed out of 
Echo Bay for our long-looked-forward-to cruise. 
The real start should perhaps be said to have been 
made the previous evening, when the Doctor and I ran 
the boat over from Glenwood, Long Island, to New 
Rochelle in order to purchase necessary stores and fill 
the tank, but Saturday saw us actually under way with 
three weeks of holiday before us. 
Our plan was to sail east to Newport, around Rhode 
Island, and then go as far toward Cape Cod and Nan- 
tucket as time permitted, returning home by way of 
Cuttyhunk, Block Island and Montauk. 
The boat, a good old-fashioned South Bay model built 
by "Gil" Smith at Patchogue, measures 23ft. 6in. on the 
waterline and draws 3ft. 6in. This draft may seem rather 
excessive^ for a South Bay boat, but is explained by the 
fact that a fin of oak and iron 7ft. long by i8in. deep has 
been bolted to the keel, and the centerboard is below the 
cabin floor. Two years ago when this change was made, 
a 3 horsepower Palmer gasolene engine was installed, 
which, under all ordinary conditions, can be depended 
upon for about 4^ miles an hour, and has many timfes 
proved a great comfort. 
Our crew was strictly amateur, consisting of Dr. W., 
my brother and myself, who, as owner, was supposed to 
act as captain and engineer. 
After clearing Premium Point, we dtifted eastward 
under sail for an hour, with barely steerageway, and 
when this became monotonous, started the engine again. 
About this time we sighted, the, warships sailing up the 
Sound bound for Oyster Bay, where they were to be re- 
viewed by the President on Monday. They made a splca- 
did show, coming on in a double column, the battleshipsj 
first, followed by the cruisers and then the destroyers and! 
torpedo boats. When opposite Centre Island, they turned* 
and headed for the entrance to Oyster Bay, but instead ofi 
going inside, as we expected to see them do, swung to the? 
east and anchored in Huntington Harbor. We were now? 
abreast of Stamford Light, and as it was almost sixi 
o'clock, decided to run in and anchor off the Stamford! 
Y. C. for the night. It being the first night, our en-" 
thusiasm was sufficient to have dinner on board, a prac- 
tice we had decided in advance to avoid, and which we^ 
gave up as soon as possible. Cooking and eating meals: 
on a small boat may theoretically be great fun, but afteri 
a more or less extended experience I have decided that it 
pays to arrange to go ashore to the best hotel available; 
for dinner. The actual preparation of a really very satis- 
factory meal in these days of improved blue-flame oil 
stoves is easy, but the aftermath of "washing up" 
eventually takes the keen edge off the enjoyment. Our 
first dinner on board convinced us that we had no reason; 
to change our views on this subject, and confirmed MS 
in our intention to have dinner ashore whenever possible. 
The next day, being Sunday, we were in no hurry to^ 
start, particularly as there was no wind, so the Doctor 
went ashore for milk and I started the stoves to have 
water boiling by the time he returned. This gradually 
became the regular morning routine, and with plenty of 
boiling water it was a very simple matter to boil the 
milk in one of the double saucepans, and twenty minutes 
after the Doctor's return our breakfast of cocoa, cereal 
and eggs would be ready. While at breakfast a number 
of launches passed us, all crowded and all headed across I 
the Sound to see the warships. We were rather tempted 
to run over for a look ourselves, but finally decided to 
continue eastward. When we hauled up the anchor at 
ten o'clock, there was not a ripple in sight, with not 
even a cloud to hold out a hope of a breeze later in the 'i 
day. Curiosity and a desire to relieve the monotony of ^ 
launch sailing, decided us to run inside the Norwalk \ 
Islands, the channel, according to the chart, being well ^ 
buoyed and quite easy. Had we followed this we should I 
doubtless have gotten through without difficulty, but when .| 
half way through we discovered what appeared to be a = 
short-cut, and reference to the chart seemed to confirm 
this, showing only one shoal spot in our vicinity. This 
seemed so easy to avoid that we at once changed our 
course to suit the new route, and five minutes later 
brought up with a thump at what proved to be a ledge 
just near enough to the surface to catch our fin. A rising : 
"tide and fifteen minutes of pushing set us afloat once 
more, satisfied for the future to let the Government do 
the sounding and stick to the results given in the chart. : 
Free from the perils of inland navigation, it was time for 1 
lunch, which came together with a good beam wind from 
the north. Once more making good progress under sail, 
we began to talk of Black Rock for the night, but reach- 
ing Penfield Light by four o'clock, this was changed to : 
Stratford. With the breeze we then had it seemed pos- 
sible to reach Stratford in time for dinner, but on the 
water conditions change so quickly that it is well to be 
prepared for disappointments, and our dinner that night 
was one of them. Arrived at the entrance to the river 
at six o'clock, with only two miles to go to reach the 
town, it still seemed possible to get ashore by seven, 
but we began the attempt half an hour too late, and 
caught the full strength of the ebb tide. For two long 
hours the engine did its best before we were_ able to drop 
anchor opposite the town, our only consolation being ths 
knowledge that the current would be going our way in 
the morning. 
Monday another calm, but a bank of clouds to the south 
gave promise of better things. The run outside the break- 
water was as easy as coming up had been difficult, and 
soon after reaching open water the promised breeze came 
up from the southwest and held steady until sunset. En- 
couraged by the improved conditions, my brother^ impro- 
vised a spinnaker and club topsail from our awning and 
two tents. As two of these were striped blue and red, our 
appearance was no doubt ludicrous, but the added sail 
pulled well and helped us finely. Saybrook came to be re- 
garded as our natural destination for the day, but our 
experience with the current at Stratford made us finally 
decide to push on to Niantic. This was again changed to 
New London, when we found that a fair tide, which we 
had neglected to calculate on, had carried us past Niantic 
in the dark. Our first realization of this was picking up 
the red sector of New London light, which we held until 
we had the white clear, and then ran in, anchoring off 
the Pequot House at ten o'clock. The Doctor, being a 
family man, had felt compelled to give a few addresses 
where mail might reach him, and the Pequot House was 
one of them, making a trip ashore necessary as sorn as 
the anchor was on bottom. One letter was our only re- 
ward, but that reported the children still alive and 
promised more nev/s later, necessitating another caU at 
the hotel in the morning before leaving. 
The next day was scheduled for one of the eventful 
days of the trip. Friends were expecting us at Stoning- 
ton, and pleasant anticipations of at least one square meal 
with no dishes to wash hurried our departure in the 
morning. This time we had wind to start with, but it was 
too good to last, and from Groton Long Point into Ston- 
ington the engine had to be called on. The interval be- 
fore reaching Stonington was busily _ employed by all 
hands in removing the traces of previous neglect from 
ourselves and the boat, and we were able to present a 
very creditable appearance on arrival. That evening was 
a very happy one, delightful company and lots to eat, and 
even the discovery later on that our <1inghy was not 
where we had left it, with visions of having to swim out 
to the boat, which, fortunately, was not necessary, could 
not d^troy our serenity. 
